girls:
1.6k births since 1997
#4189 (27th percentile)
boys:
49.3k births since 1992
#503 (89th percentile)
overall:
50.9k births since 1992
#1067 (86th percentile)
The name Kaiden is the #1,067 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 50,888 recorded births since 1992. This represents the 86.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 86.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #503 (89.0% percentile) for all time with 49,323 births since 1992. For girls, it ranks #4,189 (26.7% percentile) for all time with 1,565 births since 1997.
Kaiden first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1992 (1992 for boys and 1997 for girls).
The name Kaiden has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Kaiden reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 86.6% percentile (ranked #122) with 1,595 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 1,595 births per million (ranked 86.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kaiden ranks #167 for boys (81.8% percentile) with 1,161 births per million, which is 72.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kaiden reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 12.0% percentile (ranked #844) with 59 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 59 births per million (ranked 12.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kaiden ranks #931 for girls (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 20.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kaiden".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kaiden. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.1% confident that Kaiden is pronounced as KAY-duhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAI-duhn, at 11.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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